He
panned Steve Jobs' baby in the Times. His main complaint with
the building isn't its look, though he doesn't exactly gush over
the design, but its location. He says the building has a
"strikingly detached and anti-urban character."

His primary critique is summed up in his last paragraph:

"Still, the new Apple
campus, which the company describes as "a serene and secure
environment" for its employees, keeps itself aloof from the world
around it to a degree that is unusual even in a part of
California dominated by office parks. The proposed building is
essentially one very long hallway connecting endlessly with
itself."

Apple wants its building to be futuristic, and green, yet it's
going to be entirely dependent on cars, which is not futuristic
and not green, says Hawthorne.

If Cupertino becomes more densely populated and wants to cut back
on car usage, Apple's HQ " helps fix in place land-use patterns
that are tough to dislodge," says Hawthorne.